Some examples of our work.
The Future of Learning in Africa Report:
Jan - June 2019: IDM worked with ADI to complete an extensive piece of research into how education and learning could be adapted to meet the needs of a burgeoning youth population in Africa. This powerful piece of analysis points the way to practical, scalable and creative solutions that could lift millions out of poverty.
Diversity & Inclusion Report:
June - Sept 2017: IDM worked with a major pan-African investment bank to determine how an inclusive culture could be established across a highly diverse employee base. This project involved multiple focus groups and desk research and resulted in a final report that was then implemented as part of the strategy of the bank.
Learning Efficiency Benchmarking:
Sept - Oct 15: This piece of analytics was for major pan-African bank and gave a comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of how learning and development investments supported skills growth, benchmarked against an agreed peer group of major banks. The final report informed both Human Resource and Corporate strategy.
The Future Leaders Program:
June - Nov 2017: IDM designed and delivered this extremely well received leadership programme for disadvantaged young adults in South Africa. The programme was designed around 3 x face-2-face learning modules of 3-days each. It covered EQ and self-leadership; teamwork and leading others; and an introduction to business acumen. The program accelerated the core skills needed for personal and professional development and career growth, and resulted in 85% of attendees entering employment; beginning their own business; or returning to education to build further skills.
Commercial Acumen for HR professionals:
Feb 2017 - Mar 2018: IDM designed and developed an immersive Commercial Acumen programme that equipped HR Business Partners in the essential skills needed to assess and appreciate the core drivers of value in their business. This 3-day intensive programme not only supported financial fluency with the skills to read and interpret financial statements, but built the skills necessary to understand the people drivers of value and cost in the business. It developed the skills to speak with diverse stakeholders across the business and engage and influence them by speaking directly to their key business concerns. Through a better appreciation of how HR actions, practices and strategies impact a company's profitability and cash position, participants become better equipped to influence the better management, development and direction of their organisation.
Pan-Africa Talent Management Programs:
Nov 2013 - May 2016: During the course of a 2-year journey IDM advised the client bank on their methods and approach for building talent management processes, tools and skill sets across their organisation. This included the detailed design and development of talent management processes across the employee life cycle; extensive tool kits and associated collateral for practitioners; and learning interventions that supported both the HR Business Partner and the Business Leaders in talent management capability build.
Mentorship Skills
May 2016 - Jan 2017: IDM is working with the investment bank of a major pan-African bank to build the mentorship capability within HR Business Partner and Line Manager communities. This approach will accelerate the learning of high potential individuals as well as act as a vehicle for engaging and retaining talent within the organisation. This work includes designing and running the matching process between mentors and mentees; designing and delivering mentorship training to HRBPs and monitoring the impact of mentoring in the business.
Digital learning
IDM is currently designing a pilot digital learning program for an employee group of 100 individuals deployed in Jordan and the UAE. This project includes 3 x learning programs on the digital platform and is ground-breaking in that it not only of builds core skills but also builds awareness and around terms and conditions and employee rights - specifically ethical fair labour provision - which is a critical issue in many GCC countries. These learning programs are also being translated into a non-European language, so further stress testing the utility of digital learning in disadvantaged employee groups.
Digital job mapping
IDM and Sankofa Digital are partnering in creating a cloud based digital platform that can facilitate and enable young Africans to upskill and enter into employment. This work includes a comprehensive overview of learning and employment outcomes; a curation of learning content and delivery channels; the mapping of skill sets to employment opportunities; and detailed User Acceptability Testing.
Behaviour change:
March - December 2020: IDM worked for the Minerals Council of South Africa and in partnership with RIIS (The Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability) in a major initiative to help the mining sector respond to the threat of COVID-19. Through extensive research, and using the B-COM behaviour change model as a framework, IDM and RIIS created a powerful set of tools and interventions to help the mining sector protect their employees and host communities from the threat of the pandemic. This collateral was widely distributed both within and beyond the mining sector, and is available in the Behaviour Change Field Guide.